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This study found that photochemical and cosmetic chemical oxidation of hair causes surface damage by delipidation and acid formation, which can be characterized and quantified using microfluorometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

This study found that human hair surfaces exhibit nonhomogeneous wettability, potentially influenced by daily rhythms and even monthly changes possibly linked to the menstrual cycle.

This study describes a microfluorometric method to quantify lipid removal and reattachment on human hair during light exposure and chemical treatments, altering hair surface properties from hydrophobic to hydrophilic.

Ethanol spreads well on hair at low humidity but less so at higher humidity due to water condensation.

In this study, hydrophobic interactions were found to primarily drive deposition on virgin hair, while electrostatic interactions were more significant for bleached hair, highlighting different target moieties for hair conditioning products.

Human hair's ability to get wet is complex and can change with treatments, damage, and environment.

This study reported that a new coating made with delaminated Ti₃C₂ MXene nano-sheets and a tea-derived compound effectively protects hair keratin from damage by providing UV screening, thermal dissipation, and antioxidation, while also enhancing mechanical strength and restoring wettability.

This review discusses the potential biomedical applications of Janus membranes, especially in wound healing, and emphasizes the challenges and future prospects in their development, but reports no new experimental results.

This study reports that soy protein isolate/hydroxyethyl cellulose nanofibrous mats embedded with diclofenac sodium and halloysite nanotubes demonstrated sustained drug release, effective antibacterial action against E. coli and B. subtilis, and maintained biocompatibility, highlighting their potential use in wound care.

This review highlights that incorporating nanomaterials into scaffolds can significantly enhance angiogenesis in tissue regeneration by simulating extracellular matrix structures and effectively delivering angiogenesis-related factors, offering promising designs for vascularization and therapeutic applications.

This study found that dimethylpabamidopropyl laurdimonium tosylate, a quaternary ammonium surfactant, adsorbs onto human scalp hair with kinetic and isotherm behaviors fitting specific models, changing hair fiber wettability from hydrophobic to hydrophilic.

This review discusses recent advances in surface modification and endothelialization of biomaterials for vascular grafts, highlighting promising methods like gene engineering and targeting ligand immobilization to improve clinical outcomes.

This study investigated lipid loss in hair caused by surfactants and found that surface and internal modifications can significantly protect different lipids from depletion, with internal modification preventing 52.0 to 81.3% of lipids in certain groups.

This chapter provides an overview of the complex chemical and physical structure of the hair surface, detailing how factors like ethnicity, environmental stress, and cosmetic treatments can alter its properties and influence the adhesion of hair care products.

In this study, researchers optimized fast-dissolving tablets of nifedipine using a systematic approach, resulting in formulations that demonstrated rapid disintegration, enhanced dissolution profiles, and improved solubility, potentially improving oral delivery for patients requiring poorly soluble antihypertensive medication.

This review discusses the development of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for promoting angiogenesis in tissue engineering but notes that their clinical application beyond bone and skin repair is still limited.

Hair treatments like bleaching increase friction by exposing tiny pores on the hair surface.

The study found that the Marangoni effect causes the uneven wetting of surfactant-coated hair due to the surfactant moving into the water.

This study developed a biodegradable nonwoven textile using a starch-based biopolymer and fruit extracts, resulting in materials that are stronger, more hydrophilic, and capable of releasing beneficial compounds over 72 hours, positioning them for potential use in medical, healthcare, and cosmetic applications.

This study proposes using superhydrophobic surfaces to reduce protein fouling and enable self-cleaning in microfluidic devices, detailing preparation and quantification methods for these coatings.

This model study describes how interactions between hair keratin and various materials alter hair's physical and mechanical properties by affecting noncovalent bonds.

In this study, extracts from Chenopodium quinoa, Glycine max, and Malpighia emarginata demonstrated stability, low toxicity, and effective cleaning potential as surfactants in shampoo formulations, showing performance similar to or better than commercial shampoos in terms of surface and interfacial tension and sebum removal.

This study found that crosslinking buffalo gelatin with different methods can modify its properties and potential as a skin substitute, though double-crosslinking may increase immunogenicity slightly.

This study found that prevelex coatings on microwell array devices enhanced the formation of uniform cell spheroids and enabled the development of hair follicles in tissue engineering applications.

This review highlights the potential of inorganic nanoparticle-based scaffolds as innovative tools for advanced wound care, emphasizing their ability to provide antimicrobial action and regenerative support, while also discussing fabrication strategies and challenges in optimizing their clinical application.

This study found that plasma jets can effectively clean and oxidize human hair fibers, with argon/oxygen plasma having the strongest effects, suggesting potential as an alternative to peroxide treatment.

This study found that a sucrose-based crosslinker can effectively straighten hair and maintain durability in high humidity and through repeated washings without affecting the hair's tensile properties or causing surface damage.

This review discusses the development and future prospects of biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration but reports no new research results; it underscores the importance of biomaterials in addressing tissue defects.

This article reports no new data; it describes the role of sebum in influencing the skin microbiome and epithelial tissues and discusses its altered composition during transit through the sebaceous duct.

This review highlighted the potential of silver nanoparticles' antibacterial properties across biomedical, pharmaceutical, and dental applications, and emphasized plant-based biosynthesis methods as eco-friendly alternatives to conventional nanoparticle production despite existing toxicity concerns.